Authorize in Malayalam

To authorize is അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തുക (adhikarappeduthuka), formed from the word for authority. This is a long word of official Malayalam, at home in orders and letters of authorisation and very rarely said in conversation.

Most common translation

അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തുക (adhikarappeduthuka)

Authorize, entrust, assign some duty.

പണം വാങ്ങാൻ അവനെ അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തി.

panam vaangan avane adhikarappeduthi.

He was authorized to collect the money.

Dictionary entry

അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തുക (adhikarappeduthuka) also covers entrusting somebody with a duty, so one verb serves both for granting authority and for assigning a responsibility.

Common questions

How do you say authorize in Malayalam?

അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തുക (adhikarappeduthuka) is the verb, used in formal and official language.

Is there a shorter way to say it?

In speech people say that permission or authority was given, using a phrase. The single verb stays in documents.